International Morse Code

For learning Morse code it is recommended that you do not try to remember dots and dashes, but remember the Morse code sounds instead.

Letter

Morse

A

.-

B

-...

C

-.-.

D

-..

E

.

F

..-.

G

--.

H

....

I

..

J

.---

K

-.-

L

.-..

M

--

Letter

Morse

N

-.

O

---

P

.--.

Q

--.-

R

.-.

S

...

T

-

U

..-

V

...-

W

.--

X

-..-

Y

-.--

Z

--..

Digit

Morse

0

-----

1

.----

2

..---

3

...--

4

....-

5

.....

6

-....

7

--...

8

---..

9

----.

Letter

Morse

ä

.-.-

á

.--.-

å

.--.-

Ch

----

é

..-..

ñ

--.--

ö

---.

ü

..--

Punctuation Mark

Morse

& Ampersand

.-...

' Apostrophe

.----.

@ At sign

.--.-.

) Bracket, close (parenthesis)

-.--.-

( Bracket, open (parenthesis)

-.--.

: Colon

---...

, Comma

--..--

= Equals sign

-...-

! Exclamation markNot in ITU-R recommendation

-.-.--

. Full-stop (period)

.-.-.-

- Hyphen

-....-

+ Plus sign

.-.-.

" Quotation marks

.-..-.

? Question mark (query)

..--..

/ Slash

-..-.

Prosign (?)

Morse

<AA> New line

.-.-

<AR> End of message

.-.-.

<AS> Wait

.-...

<BK> Break

-...-.-

<BT> New paragraph

-...-

<CL> Going off the air ("clear")

-.-..-..

<CT> Start copying

-.-.-

<DO> Change to wabun code

-..---

<KN> Invite a specific station to transmit

-.--.

<SK> End of transmission

...-.-

<SN> Understood (also VE)

...-.

<SOS> Distress message

...---...

Other Phrases

Abbreviation

Over

K

Roger

R

See you later

CUL

Be seeing you

BCNU

You're

UR

Signal report

RST

Best regards

73

Love and kisses

88

Q Code (?)

Meaning

QSL

I acknowledge receipt

QSL?

Do you acknowledge?

QRX

Wait

QRX?

Should I wait?

QRV

I am ready to copy

QRV?

Are you ready to copy?

QRL

The frequency is in use

QRL?

Is the frequency in use?

QTH

My location is...

QTH?

What is your location?

Sound Controls

Pitch / Hz (?)Speed / wpm (?)

Notes

If the duration of a dot is taken to be one unit then that of a dash is three units. The space between the components of one character is one unit, between characters is three units and between words seven units. To indicate that a mistake has been made
and for the receiver to delete the last word, send ........ (eight dots).

The prosigns are combinations of two letters sent together with no space in between. They are indicated here using angled brackets. The other abbreviations and Q codes are sent with the normal spacing.